Season 3

The third season of Lincoln Heights premiered on Tuesday, September 16, 2008. Eddie and Jenn's relationship becomes stronger as living in the Heights gets harder. Lizzie gets accepted to a new school under a scholarship. Dana tells Eddie that she has a son named Nate. Tay's career of being a singer is working out great, but he ends up getting into trouble because of it. Charles proposes to Cassie, who originally says yes, but then starts to question herself. They both eventually decide to pledge eternal friendship to one another. Sage recovers from her coma and later runs for prom queen which she wins. Charles is voted Prom King. Mac, Charles' stepfather, attempts to kidnap Cassie outside of the prom, but fails when Tay stops him. Lizzie's best friend, Johnny Nightingale is killed by a hit and run driver. His loss causes Lizzie to fall into a depression. Feeling guilty over Johnny's death, she pulls away from Devin Kingston, whose father is the new reverend at the church. Cassie and Charles have sex on the school's stage which is set up for a Romeo and Juliet play. They end up being filmed by someone who was watching. Cassie later worries that she is pregnant, but later finds out it was a false alarm. Lincoln Heights is suddenly hit by a massive earthquake. Nate is trapped under a large beam in the Sutton home. Eddie tries to help him out and questions Nate about the father he never knew in order to distract him from the pain.

Charles' stepfather, Mac is killed during the earthquake when a massive refrigerator falls on him. He is conscious, barely, but Charles refuses to help him. Cassie is scared and uncertain, but Mac dies before they decide to help him. Eddie and Jenn later find out that Nate is Eddie's son. Jenn is devastated by this news and struggles to cope in this difficult situation. Many homes are damaged by the earthquake and fires have broken out all over Lincoln Heights, including the Sutton home. They gather what they can and leave as quickly as possible. Cassie asks Charles to get her sketch book out of the attic where he discovers a hole in the wall with $100,000. So he puts it in his bag and grabs the sketch book running out of the house. In the end of the season, it shows the family and Charles looking at the house, not saying a word about the money.